Category: BSE

  • Even Worse

    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aQUCamQPqs5A&refer=canada">Canada Has 4th Case of Mad-Cow Disease Since 2003</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Canada said a 6-year-old cow in Alberta tested positive for mad-cow disease, the fourth domestic case since May 2003.<br />n<br />nThe infected animal didn't enter the food chain, Brian Evans, chief veterinary officer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said today during a conference…

  • Here We Go Again

    Things were sure exciting yesterday. Didn't get a chance to comment yesterday so here goes.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/world/20-japanmadcow.inc">Japan halts U.S. beef imports due to fears of mad cow</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Just 5 1/2 weeks after lifting its ban on U.S. beef, Japan slammed the door shut again Friday, saying a recent shipment contained material it considered…

  • Beef is Safe

    I saw a story this morning that claims the Government isn't doing enough to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/05/build/nation/50-madcow.inc">protect people and animals from <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. The article is short on facts and long on hyperbole but as a rancher I felt it important to respond.<br />n<br />nTo start with I will say that overall beef production…

  • Get Real

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/12/build/state/25-mt-japan-beef.inc">Cattle industry pleased with Japan's decision on U.S. beef</a><br />n<br />nI agree, it's nice. Now comes the bigger task of winning back consumer confidence in Japan for US beef. This is going to need to happen since only about 20% of Japanese consumers trust US beef. Give it time and we will be okay…

  • Let the Meatpackers Rule

    I see the Meat Packing industry is going to change the rules on <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/13183092.htm">importing cattle from Canada</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A prohibition has remained on Canadian animals older than 30 months; levels of infection from mad cow disease are thought to increase with age. Industry officials</blockquote><br />n<br />nBuzz words for the Meat packing Industry<br />n<br />n<blockquote>argue…

  • Not a Surprise

    Isn't this the way things go?<br />n<br />nOctober 24, 2005<br />nLast modified October 24, 2005 – 12:03 am<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/24/build/health/45-food-safety.inc">Japan food safety panel expected to recommend lifting ban on U.S. beef</a><br />n<br />nOctober 24, 2005<br />nLast modified October 24, 2005 – 9:59 am<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/24/build/world/37-japan-madcow.inc">Japan delays decision on ending U.S. beef ban</a><br />n<br />nIn ten…

  • Not Surprising

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/15/build/nation/30-cattle-ban.inc">Disappointed, yes. Surprised, no.</a> Like it or not this is the way our system in the US works. It will be interesting to see why the three judges ruled the way they did but I bet it will come down to, "the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The…

  • Federal Protection

    I have mentioned before my belief that the big meat packers are in control of the United States Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>) and run it for their benefit. It looks like the <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/230263_cowed.asp#pollArticle">Seattle Post-Intelligencer would agree</a> with that assessment.<br />n<br…

  • Consumer Demand

    How will the latest <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> finding affect consumer demand? <a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26470216.htm">Here</a> is an opinion I won't argue with.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Meat-loving Americans will stick with beef despite a second U.S. case of mad cow disease, analysts and trade groups said on Sunday, even if cattle markets have the jitters.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI have to…

  • Remember

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/24/build/nation/15-madcow_v.inc">Second case of mad cow disease confirmed in U.S.</a><br />n<br />nThis isn't real surprising. I always knew the increased monitoring would some day find a case. It was inevitable. But remember,<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"I am encouraged that our interlocking safeguards are working exactly as intended," Johanns said at a news conference. "This animal was blocked…